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Human Rights and Democracy 2012
The 2012 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Report
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    • Foreword by Foreign Secretary William Hague
    • Foreword by Senior Minister of State Baroness Warsi
    • Promoting and Protecting Human Rights through the UN
      • What Did We Seek to Achieve through the UN?
      • What Did We Achieve in the UN System on Human Rights?
      • Thematic Issues
      • Mainstreaming Human Rights in the UN
      • Looking Ahead to 2013
    • The Human Rights and Democracy Programme
    • Promoting British Values
      • Democracy
        • Elections
        • The Westminster Foundation for Democracy
        • Freedom of expression
          • Case Study: Rwanda
        • Human Rights Defenders
      • Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law
        • The Death Penalty
        • Torture prevention
        • International Justice System
        • International Criminal Court
        • Special Court for Sierra Leone
        • Extraordinary Chambers of the Court of Cambodia
        • International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
        • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
        • Special Tribunal for Lebanon
        • International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
        • Human Rights Offenders and Entry to the UK
      • Equality and Non-discrimination
        • Freedom of Religion or Belief
        • Women’s rights
        • Children’s rights
        • Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights
        • Disability rights
        • Indigenous rights
        • Racism
        • Roma
        • Antisemitism
        • Anti-Muslim hatred
        • Post-Holocaust issues
    • Human Rights in Safeguarding Britain’s National Security
      • Working in Partnership to Counter Terrorism Overseas
        • Counter-terrorism programme work
        • Deportation with Assurances
        • The Detainee Inquiry
        • Guantanamo Bay
      • Counter-proliferation of Weapons
        • Export licensing
        • Cluster munitions
        • Mine Ban (Ottawa) Treaty
        • The Arms Trade Treaty
      • Reducing Conflict and Building Stability Overseas
        • The Conflict Pool
        • The Responsibility to Protect
        • Peacebuilding
        • Stabilisation capacity
        • Protection of civilians
        • Children and armed conflict
        • Private security companies
        • Women, peace and security
    • Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
    • Human rights in promoting Britain’s prosperity
      • The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
      • OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
      • Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
      • The Kimberley Process
      • Bribery and corruption
      • Arms export licensing
      • EU Trade and Human Rights
    • Human rights for British Nationals Overseas
      • The Death Penalty
      • Overseas Prisoners
      • Forced Marriage
      • Female Genital Mutilation
      • Child Abduction
    • Working Through a Rules-based International System
      • The European Union
        • EU enlargement
        • EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
        • The European Neighbourhood Policy
      • The Commonwealth
      • The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
      • The Council of Europe
      • Sanctions
    • Promoting Human Rights in the Overseas Territories
      • Constitutional and Legal Protection of Human Rights
      • Extension of the International Human Rights Conventions
      • Human Rights Project Work
      • Prison Reform in the Cayman Islands
      • Looking Ahead to 2013
  • Countries of Concern
    • Afghanistan
    • Belarus
    • Burma
    • China
    • Colombia
    • Cuba
    • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
    • Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Eritrea
    • Fiji
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Israel and the OPTs
    • Libya
    • Pakistan
    • Russia
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Somalia
    • South Sudan
    • Sri Lanka
    • Sudan
    • Syria
    • Turkmenistan
    • Uzbekistan
    • Vietnam
    • Yemen
    • Zimbabwe
  • Country Updates
    • Afghanistan
    • Belarus
    • Burma
    • China
    • Colombia
    • Cuba
    • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
    • Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Eritrea
    • Fiji
    • Iran
    • Iraq
    • Israel and OPTs
    • Libya
    • Pakistan
    • Russia
    • Saudi Arabia
    • Somalia
    • South Sudan
    • Sri Lanka
    • Sudan
    • Syria
    • Turkmenistan
    • Uzbekistan
    • Vietnam
    • Yemen
    • Zimbabwe
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Reducing Conflict and Building Stability Overseas

  • The Conflict Pool 
  • The Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
  • Peacebuilding
  • Stabilisation capacity
  • Protection of civilians
  • Children and armed conflict 
  • Private security companies
  • Women, peace and security
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    • Foreword by Foreign Secretary William Hague
    • Foreword by Senior Minister of State Baroness Warsi
    • Promoting and Protecting Human Rights through the UN
      • What Did We Seek to Achieve through the UN?
      • What Did We Achieve in the UN System on Human Rights?
      • Thematic Issues
        • Case study: A Joint Communiqué between the United Kingdom, the Russian Federation, the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Korea
      • Mainstreaming Human Rights in the UN
      • Looking Ahead to 2013
    • The Human Rights and Democracy Programme
      • Case study: The Department for International Development’s work on economic and social rights
    • Promoting British Values
      • Democracy
        • Case study: Egypt – post-revolution
        • Elections
          • Case study: Bangladesh – political violence
          • Case study: Swaziland – elections without political parties
        • The Westminster Foundation for Democracy
        • Freedom of expression
          • Case study: Rwanda – freedom of association and expression
        • Human Rights Defenders
          • Case study: Ethiopia – the Charities and Societies Proclamation
      • Criminal Justice and the Rule of Law
        • The Death Penalty
          • Case study: The Gambia – the death penalty
        • Torture prevention
          • Case study: Bahrain – progress on reform implementation
        • International Justice System
        • International Criminal Court
        • Special Court for Sierra Leone
        • Extraordinary Chambers of the Court of Cambodia
        • International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
        • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
        • Special Tribunal for Lebanon
        • International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
        • Human Rights Offenders and Entry to the UK
      • Equality and Non-discrimination
        • Freedom of Religion or Belief
        • Women’s rights
          • Case study: Women and girls in India
        • Children’s rights
        • Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights
        • Disability rights
        • Indigenous rights
        • Racism
        • Roma
        • Antisemitism
        • Anti-Muslim hatred
        • Post-Holocaust issues
    • Human Rights in Safeguarding Britain’s National Security
      • Working in Partnership to Counter Terrorism Overseas
        • Counter-terrorism programme work
        • Deportation with Assurances
        • The Detainee Inquiry
        • Guantanamo Bay
      • Counter-proliferation of Weapons
        • Export licensing
        • Cluster munitions
        • Mine Ban (Ottawa) Treaty
        • The Arms Trade Treaty
      • Reducing Conflict and Building Stability Overseas
        • The Conflict Pool
          • Case study: Nigeria – the response to terrorism
        • The Responsibility to Protect
        • Peacebuilding
        • Stabilisation capacity
        • Protection of civilians
        • Children and armed conflict
        • Private security companies
        • Women, peace and security
      • Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative
        • Case study: First deployment of a UK team of experts to the Syrian border
    • Human rights in promoting Britain’s prosperity
      • The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
      • OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
      • Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
      • The Kimberley Process
      • Bribery and corruption
      • Arms export licensing
      • EU Trade and Human Rights
    • Human rights for British Nationals Overseas
      • The Death Penalty
      • Overseas Prisoners
      • Forced Marriage
      • Female Genital Mutilation
      • Child Abduction
    • Working Through a Rules-based International System
      • The European Union
        • EU enlargement
        • EU Common Foreign and Security Policy
        • The European Neighbourhood Policy
      • The Commonwealth
      • The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
      • The Council of Europe
      • Sanctions
    • Promoting Human Rights in the Overseas Territories
      • Constitutional and Legal Protection of Human Rights
      • Extension of the International Human Rights Conventions
      • Human Rights Project Work
      • Prison Reform in the Cayman Islands
      • Looking Ahead to 2013
    • Human rights in Countries of Concern
      • Afghanistan
      • Belarus
      • Burma
      • China
      • Colombia
      • Cuba
      • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
      • Democratic Republic of Congo
      • Eritrea
      • Fiji
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Israel and the OPTs
      • Libya
      • Pakistan
      • Russia
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Somalia
      • South Sudan
      • Sri Lanka
      • Sudan
      • Syria
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
      • Vietnam
      • Yemen
      • Zimbabwe
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